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... Britain . A part of the lower course of the River Tweed , the Cheviot Hills , and the inlet of the sea , called the Solway Firth , form the boundary be- tween the two divisions - Scotland and England . 2. On the west and north ...
... Britain . A part of the lower course of the River Tweed , the Cheviot Hills , and the inlet of the sea , called the Solway Firth , form the boundary be- tween the two divisions - Scotland and England . 2. On the west and north ...
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... the highest mountain in Great Britain , is separated from the main chain by a desolate region called the Moor of Rannoch . Ben Lawers is 3,984 feet , and Ben More 3,843 feet . We are in a region of clouds , which are SCOTLAND .
... the highest mountain in Great Britain , is separated from the main chain by a desolate region called the Moor of Rannoch . Ben Lawers is 3,984 feet , and Ben More 3,843 feet . We are in a region of clouds , which are SCOTLAND .
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... Britain . It is twenty - four miles long , and at its southern extremity five miles wide , and its total area is about 20,000 acres . Near Loch Lomond is the pretty Loch Katrine , made famous by Sir Walter Scott in his finest poem , the ...
... Britain . It is twenty - four miles long , and at its southern extremity five miles wide , and its total area is about 20,000 acres . Near Loch Lomond is the pretty Loch Katrine , made famous by Sir Walter Scott in his finest poem , the ...
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... Britain . 8. The river Dee takes its waters from the loftiest cluster of mountains in the United Kingdom , of which Ben Macdui , Cairntoul , and Cairngorm , all over 4,000 feet in height , are the chief . Its tributary streams flow ...
... Britain . 8. The river Dee takes its waters from the loftiest cluster of mountains in the United Kingdom , of which Ben Macdui , Cairntoul , and Cairngorm , all over 4,000 feet in height , are the chief . Its tributary streams flow ...
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... Britain as far north as Perthshire were called Cymry ; those living in Ireland , Scotland , and the Isle of Man , were Gaels . The Cymry and Gaels spoke different but similar languages ; whilst the Gaels of Ireland , the Highlands of ...
... Britain as far north as Perthshire were called Cymry ; those living in Ireland , Scotland , and the Isle of Man , were Gaels . The Cymry and Gaels spoke different but similar languages ; whilst the Gaels of Ireland , the Highlands of ...
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Atlantic Australia beautiful Ben Lomond Bengal Britain British called Cape capital Cassell's Castle centre chain chief town climate cloth Clyde colony cotton district dividing range Dominion east coast eastern England English estuary exports extends feet fertile Firth fishery flow forests GALPIN Ganges glens harbour height Highlands hills Hudson's Bay important India inhabitants Ireland island Isle islets lakes land largest LESSON Loch Loch Maree Lough Lough Neagh Lowther Hills manufactures million mountains mouth native navigable nearly north-east north-west northern Nova Scotia numerous Ocean Ontario Orange River Outer Hebrides peaks peninsula PETTER plains plateau population port province Quebec rain range region rocks rocky scenery Scotland season settlement sheep shores slopes South Australia South Island South Wales south-west southern square miles streams summer surface trade trees tributaries valleys Victoria west coast western Western Ghats whilst Wicklow Wicklow Mountains wild winds winter Zealand
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Page 83 - Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die — for it was believed that a peculiarly happy fate awaited the man who should pass from the sacred city into the sacred river.
Page 83 - It was commonly believed that half a million of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys, rich with shrines, and minarets, and balconies, and carved oriels, to which the sacred apes clung by hundreds. The traveller could scarcely make his way through the press of holy mendicants, and not less holy bulls.
Page 153 - ... of which we speak. In winter, a dazzling surface of purest snow; in early summer, a vast expanse of grass and pale pink roses; in autumn too often a wild sea of raging fire. No ocean of water in the world can vie with its gorgeous sunsets; no solitude can equal the loneliness of a night-shadowed prairie: one feels the stillness, and hears the silence, the wail of the prowling wolf makes the voice of solitude audible, the stars look down through infinite silence upon a silence almost as intense.
Page 83 - The traveller could scarcely make his way through the press of holy mendicants and not less holy bulls. The broad and stately flights of steps which descended from these swarming haunts to the...
Page 158 - Autumn, in honor of this high holiday, had collected together all the past glories of the year, adding them to her own; she borrows the gay colors that have been lying during the summer months among the flowers, in the fruits, upon the plumage of the bird, on the wings of the butterfly, and working them together in broad and glowing masses, she throws them over the forest to grace her triumph.
Page 127 - It is beautifully situated— as regards the water, just at the point where the river becomes sea. It has quays and wharves, at which vessels of small tonnage can lie, in the very heart of the town. Vessels of any tonnage can lie a mile out from its streets. It is surrounded by hills and mountains, from which views can be had which would make the fortune of any district in Europe.